Monthly Archives: March 2009

Sliding

Down the slippery slope. Washington State was supposed to have an execution of a double murderer this weekend, but our Supreme Court put a stay on it at the last moment. I’m not a really big fan of the death … Continue reading

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Mexican Drug Cartels Get their Heavy Weapons from (oops) Guatemala

…rather than U.S. gun dealers. So saith the L.A. Times, not following the MSM script: “Most of these weapons are being smuggled from Central American countries or by sea….” “These groups appear to be taking advantage of a robust global … Continue reading

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Boomershoot Picture of the Day No. 2

From 1998, before he called it Boomershoot. Photo courtesy Joe Huffman. Click to embiggen. The wet-weather gear has arrived!

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Boomershoot Picture of the Day No. 1

From 1998, before he called it Boomershoot. Photo courtesy Joe Huffman. Click to embiggen. When it starts to rain, time to break out the wet-weather gear.

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In America’s Heartland….

— from the Columbus, OH Tea Party. h/t: Instapundit.

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In Which I Resurface

I’ve been absent from these pages for about a week. Sorry about that. It started with an impromptu “earthquake drill” at work last weekend wherein the server crashed unexpectedly, and we discovered that our data backup plan in case of … Continue reading

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I think I’ve got it

Over the years, many answers have been given to the question “Why Boomershoot?” I believe I finally came up with my own yesterday evening. I was reading a section of Ayn Rand’s The New Left: The Anti-Industrial Revolution titled “Apollo … Continue reading

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RNS Quote of the Day: 03/13/09

I’m not one to support drug testing. Personally, I don’t think it is anyone’s business how you get your “thing” on in your off hours, whether you crunch numbers or work with heavy equipment. But, I do have a couple … Continue reading

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The Soundboard: Fresh Asphalt

Things are going much smoother than they were the last time The Soundboard was posted. Now all I need is a little bit of help from Old Man Time to get the workweek over and I’ll be set, as I’m … Continue reading

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Letting Their Freak Flag Fly

Ooopsie! Your Quid Pro Quo is showing there. An e-mail from a state labor group linking campaign donations to contentious worker-rights legislation has prompted legislative leaders to kill the bill and request an investigation by law enforcement. The e-mail raises … Continue reading

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